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Shrek

Legend Wins over 65% of all matchups
2001 · Animation, Comedy, Fantasy, Adventure, Family · Andrew Adamson, Vicky Jenson

Very few films win 73% of their matchups. Shrek does — across 137 head-to-head comparisons, placing it among the best-performing films tracked here. Few family films work this hard for the grown-ups in the room: the fractured-fairy-tale spoofs, the pop needle-drops, the jokes pitched clean over the kids' heads. That two-level comedy gives it a presence on a ballot that safer, kid-only cartoons can't answer, playing as entertainment for the whole couch rather than babysitting. It sits at the top of the 2000s — the decade's strongest bracket performer.

Synopsis

It ain't easy bein' green -- especially if you're a likable (albeit smelly) ogre named Shrek. On a mission to retrieve a gorgeous princess from the clutches of a fire-breathing dragon, Shrek teams up with an unlikely compatriot -- a wisecracking donkey.

Round 1
77.6%
Where it thrives
Semifinals
75.6%
34/45
Finals
61.8%

The finals at 62% are technically Shrek's weakest round. In context, 62% in finals is still well above average — the dip is relative, not real weakness.

At 53%, the matchup with How to Train Your Dragon is the tightest in Shrek's record — close enough to go either way. The 86% rate against Chicken Run is among the most lopsided in Shrek's history. The Wild Robot at 78% is another comfortable win.

Closest Rival

The DreamWorks Originals final between Shrek and How to Train Your Dragon is genuinely contested at 53%. Neither film has established clear control.

BingeBracket Record
73%
Win Rate
#1 of 39 in Animation #1 of 49 from the 2000s
Scores based on real fan votes in head-to-head brackets. 50% = wins as often as it loses — perfectly average.
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Ranked #1 in DreamWorks Originals.

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Shrek #1
How to Train Your Dragon #2
Kung Fu Panda #3
The Prince of Egypt #4
Madagascar #5
The Wild Robot #6
Chicken Run #7
Antz #8
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